I´m in the process of writing a powerful 3D engine and eventually will get guyz to work on resources to make a complete non-commercial game. Is it better to make a Character Animation Tool from scratch or should I use animations from say 3DS Max Character Studio in my games ? Will I encounter any difficulties\limited functionality dealing with Character Studio ? What do professional game developers opt for ?

Please don't post the same question in different forums.

Sorry, was new here and needed an answer really fast. I didn´t know where to post this.

People are already familiar with 3D Studio Character Animation or Maya Motion Builder, so why force them to learn yet another platform. They're both tried and true, so it would be better to support them.